by Gillian Marchenko | May 25, 2021 | Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Mental Health
Let’s think about lament for a moment. What pops into your mind? Complaining? Weakness? Something we shouldn’t do? Webster’s defines it as a passionate expression of grief and sorrow. But lament is not particularly popular in either Christian or...
by Joanna French | Dec 3, 2020 | Coronavirus, Depression, Mental Health
Recently, Joanna French and her family were quarantined after their children were exposed to COVID-19. Here’s an honest look at how quarantine impacted her mental health. Well…it’s been a rough week. Correction: it has been a rough nearly two weeks.You see, we have...
by Key Ministry | Jun 25, 2020 | Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Mental Health
Hello, my name is Pastor Jo, and I have a mental illness. Actually, I have three: PTSD, anxiety, and depression. These illnesses are a part of my trauma, my struggle, and my testimony.My depression has been so bad lately. I am...
by Lamar Hardwick | May 7, 2020 | Anxiety Disorders, Autism, Care and Support, Coronavirus, Depression, Hidden Disabilities, Hope, Mental Health, Strategies
On March 14th, the leaders of our church held a special conference call. The topic of conversation was the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential of having to suspend weekly church gatherings. Like thousands of churches all over the world, we were forced to make a...
by Jeremy Smith | Mar 26, 2020 | Church Support, Depression, Hidden Disabilities, Mental Health
I wrote a companion post to this one on Church and Mental Health on how Christian counselors need to look for ways they can be supporting pastors. The hope is between that post and this one, we can begin to align the goals of the Church with mental health, as well as...
by Key Ministry | Jan 16, 2020 | Church Support, Depression, Mental Health
In the last year, new information has come out that has helped me better understand cultural competency, which is not the same as cultural sensitivity and humility. And I want to answer the question, is it even appropriate for us to incorporate Christianity into...
